GYHS at Whitlingham Country Park Home
11th January 2010
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Site location - multimap aerial view facing south
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Loading a wheelbarrow with woodchips
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Raking fresh woodchips onto a woodland path
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Waiting for the next barrow to fill
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Edgar starts to fell a pair of dead Elm trees by the path
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Edgar steps back
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and the first Elm falls safely away from us
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Audience reaction is ...
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... time for a tea-break !
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Bringing kindling for the fire
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33 rings on the stump of one of the Elm trees felled today
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The tree was killed by Honey Fungus under its bark
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A fruiting body of Honey Fungus, pokes through the bark
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Honey Fungus is Armillaria mellea - Elm is Ulmus procera
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Two views of Honey Fungus (and a Sycamore "key")
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The Honey Fungus is reputedly edible, but not delicious.
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Edgar starts to cut the next dead Elm
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and it falls to earth
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The team collects the fallen logs as they are cut
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and carries them to make habitat piles
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Cutting logs with a bowsaw keeps you warm in the snow!